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Lori Berenson

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Dear Friends,         We hope that 1999 will be a YEAR of HOPE and PROMISES fulfilled.

I thought you might like to see the following.  Do whatever you can to help push Lori’s case to the fore…there isn’t time to lose. Three years is a LONG time to be imprisoned unjustly. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – December 23, 1998 To All Friends and Supporters of Lori Berenson On behalf of Lori, we want to express our sincere thanks for all your help which continues to sustain us through these difficult times.  All our best wishes to you and your loved ones for this holiday season.  May the new year be one of peace, happiness, and health. ** AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES "URGENT ACTION" FOR LORI This morning Amnesty International headquarters in London issued an Urgent Action appeal that Lori’s 11 weeks of solitary confinement constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment and must be ended.  Amnesty International has asked that the appeal be directed to: Dr. Alfredo Quispe Correa Ministro de Justicia Scipion Llona 350 Lima 18, Peru  FAX: 011511-422-3577 General PNP Juan Nakandakari Kanashiro Presidente del Consejo Penitenciario INP Jr. Carabaya 456 Lima 1, Peru   FAX: 011511-427-0624 Prison Governor Establecimiento Penal de Socabaya Arequipa, Peru with copies to Sofia Macher Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos CNDDHH Jr. Tupac Amaru 2467 Lince Lima 14, Peru Ambassador Ricardo V. Luna Embassy of Peru 1700 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 We would also like to add in Dr. Dennis Vargas Marin Congresista de la Republica Presidente de la Comision de Derechos Humanos y Pacificacion Lima, Peru   TELEX: 011511-428-3231 Madeleine K. Albright Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 FAX: 202-647-1533 It is time for Peru to end this outrageous isolation and inhumane treatment and it is time for Peru to adhere to principles of international law and give Lori an immediate fair and open trial in a civilian court or her immediate release. She is imprisoned only for her beliefs. ** SAVE THE DATE — MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1999 A rally will be held in front of the White House (across from Lafayette Park) on Monday, January 11th, the third anniversary of Lori’s wrongful life sentence, between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.  If you live in the Washington DC region, please join us.  If you know others in that area, please tell them to come. Further information on this, and other actions on that day, will be provided in the next update. Rhoda and Mark Berenson Information about Lori can be found on the Web at the following new site: WWW.FREELORI.ORG/ NISGUA The Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington DC 20009 tel:(202) 518- 7638 fax:(202) 223-8221 http://www.scruz.net/~goyo/nisgua/home.html

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Bcc: CONFERENCES Dear Friends,         We hope that 1999 will be a YEAR of HOPE and PROMISES fulfilled. I thought you might like to see the following.  Do whatever you can to help

push Lori’s case to the fore…there isn’t time to lose. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Three years is a LONG time to be imprisoned unjustly. December 23, 1998 To All Friends and Supporters of Lori Berenson On behalf of Lori, we want to express our sincere thanks for all your help which continues to sustain us through these difficult times.  All our best wishes to you and your loved ones for this holiday season.  May the new year be one of peace, happiness, and health. ** AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES "URGENT ACTION" FOR LORI This morning Amnesty International headquarters in London issued an Urgent Action appeal that Lori’s 11 weeks of solitary confinement constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment and must be ended.  Amnesty International has asked that the appeal be directed to: Dr. Alfredo Quispe Correa Ministro de Justicia Scipion Llona 350 Lima 18, Peru  FAX: 011511-422-3577 General PNP Juan Nakandakari Kanashiro Presidente del Consejo Penitenciario INP Jr. Carabaya 456 Lima 1, Peru   FAX: 011511-427-0624 Prison Governor Establecimiento Penal de Socabaya Arequipa, Peru with copies to Sofia Macher Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos CNDDHH Jr. Tupac Amaru 2467 Lince Lima 14, Peru Ambassador Ricardo V. Luna Embassy of Peru 1700 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 We would also like to add in Dr. Dennis Vargas Marin Congresista de la Republica Presidente de la Comision de Derechos Humanos y Pacificacion Lima, Peru   TELEX: 011511-428-3231 Madeleine K. Albright Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 FAX: 202-647-1533 It is time for Peru to end this outrageous isolation and inhumane treatment and it is time for Peru to adhere to principles of international law and give Lori an immediate fair and open trial in a civilian court or her immediate release. She is imprisoned only for her beliefs. ** SAVE THE DATE — MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1999 A rally will be held in front of the White House (across from Lafayette Park) on Monday, January 11th, the third anniversary of Lori’s wrongful life sentence, between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.  If you live in the Washington DC region, please join us.  If you know others in that area, please tell them to come. Further information on this, and other actions on that day, will be provided in the next update. Rhoda and Mark Berenson Information about Lori can be found on the Web at the following new site: WWW.FREELORI.ORG/

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